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CT, Temple and Donut establish a strong three-way crossfire.

Round plan

How A Crossfire Setup unfolds across the round: from the setup call through the early, mid and late timings to the post-plant.

  1. Basic
    • Allow player boosts
    • Custom push route
  2. Early
    • Early: push for map control
  3. Mid
    • Mid: allow rotations
  4. Late
    • Late: hold the site

Run in these strategies

The Ancient CT gameplans that call A Crossfire Setup, and the economy states they run it on.

Defensive CT · Full Buy

Other Full Buy plays here

The alternative CT full buy tactics on Ancient a strategy can swap to.

B Passive + Cave

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CT Full Buy

B players stay deep while Cave pressures Mid.

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Mid Control

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CT Full Buy

Mid is controlled through Cave and Donut rotations.

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Mid Fight

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CT Full Buy

Top Mid and Donut coordinated aggressive Mid control.

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Passive Mid Setup

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CT Full Buy

Red Room and Donut play safely without taking early duels.

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Ramp Retake

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CT Full Buy

Two players push Ramp mid-round to get information and prevent a possible attack.

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Retake B

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CT Full Buy

CT hold Back Site and prefer to retake B rather than fight early.

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Rotation Control

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CT Full Buy

Donut and Red Room players rotate actively between A Site and Mid.

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Stack B

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CT Full Buy

3 players stack on B Site for a prepared and structured defense.

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